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- The “Welin Quadrant” davits used on Titanic were designed to hold 32 lifeboats, but she held only 20.
- Boats 1 and 2 were emergency cutters, designed to hold 40 people each.
- Boats 3 through 16 were standard wooden lifeboats, designed to hold 65 people each.
- The 4 collapsible boats were designed to hold 47 people each.
- The collapsible boats had wooden slat bottoms like the standard type, but canvas sides that could be raised and/or lowered for compact storage.
- The boats could carry a total of 1178 people, but only saved about 700.
- The whereabouts of the boats today are not fully known.
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